A/HRC/40/14 77.91 Further strengthen the implementation of legislation to fulfil obligations on the protection of children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Philippines); 77.92 Take effective measures to concretely protect the rights of ethnic minorities and vulnerable groups, and formulate a national plan to combat violence against women (China); 77.93 Strengthen the work of the Bilateral Technical Committee for the effective promotion and protection of the rights of the Mayan and Garifuna peoples (Peru); 77.94 Adopt national legislation to harmonize local laws to make them compatible and in line with the terms of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Iraq); 77.95 Take steps to decriminalize irregular migration and to guarantee that when the administrative detention of a migrant is necessary, it is carried out for the shortest time possible and in full compliance with relevant international standards (Brazil); 77.96 Establish a total prohibition on hiring and employing all migrant children under the age of 14, and intensify efforts to combat the work of migrant children (Costa Rica); 77.97 Adopt national legislation on statelessness, in particular regarding a statelessness determination procedure to identify and guarantee the rights and protection of stateless persons (Mexico); 77.98 Adopt comprehensive legislation establishing a statelessness determination procedure to identify and guarantee the rights and protection of stateless persons (Serbia). 78. The following recommendations will be examined by Belize, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the fortieth session of the Human Rights Council: 78.1 Ratify the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) (Denmark); 78.2 Establish a national preventive mechanism against torture, accordance with the obligations contracted (Paraguay); in 78.3 Take timely measures to ensure the rights of girls and women, in particular by guaranteeing independent access to sexual and reproductive health services in accordance with the age of consent and without parental permission (Netherlands);3 78.4 Approve the draft amendment to the Representation of the People Act that would establish a 33 per cent quota of women in the National Assembly (Costa Rica); 78.5 Include specific programmes on combating violence against women in the gender equality framework under the national growth and sustainable development strategy (Fiji); 78.6 Strengthen the legislative framework on the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples (Honduras). 79. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Belize and have been noted by Belize: 79.1 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Chile); 3 See footnote 2. 15

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